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Re:Deaths due to Covid-19 compared with deaths from influenz... by tremon on Thursday October 08, 2020 @06:10AM (#24717678)
The numbers for Jan-Aug don't include December for any previous year, so there's no flaw there.
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Re:Deaths due to Covid-19 compared with deaths from influenz... by _-___________-_ on Thursday October 08, 2020 @06:16AM (#24717717)
The flaw is in comparing COVID-19's "season" with influenza's season while leaving out a full quarter of a typical influenza season.

To be clear: the flaw doesn't flip my interpretation of the results or anything, but it's still a glaring flaw that doesn't seem to be addressed in the article.

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